Sze ki Chong - Project: Spacelings

PROJECT: "SPACE-LINGS"

Game Concept Art (Digital Illustration)

INFLUENCES

CHUCHEL by Amanita Design

OVERCOOKED by Ghost Town Games

CASTLE CRASHERS by The Behemoth

My goal for this project is to create a concept proposal for a video game. I started with the idea of a survival game of ants living in a microscopic world where they need to hunt for food and fight enemies in order to survive. I also want to add a twist of cooperative feature to this game, to make it fun and family friendly. Co-op game is something I always enjoy playing with my family. Games such as Overcooked, Castle Crashers and the old but classic Contra. These games are great for bonding with family and friends. Survival games are something that I’ve been starting to play recently with the introduction of games such as The Forest, Dying Light and The Wild Eight from by cousins. I want to make something that has the excitement and intensity of a survival game but also the fun and inclusiveness of a family-friendly co-op game.

GAME CONCEPT

Plot

Eight “Spacelings” have to take a pause on their OOT (Outer Orbit Travels) space tour due to a spacecraft malfunction. After an emergency descent, the miniscule Spacelings lands on Planet Earth and are now trying to survive in a world where everything is enlarged while waiting for the OOT rescue team.

Gameplay

Keywords: survival, third person, single player, multiplayer, co-op

In the Spacelings, the players control a choice of character from the Spacelings and must survive 30 days on Planet Earth while waiting for rescue. Each day is a level on the map, with different areas of environment, and the players have to complete a mission for each level within a timeframe. While trying to complete the mission, the players also have to hunt for food supplies everyday in order to survive. Some examples of the missions are battling enemies, building shelter, looking for supplies, taming insects as rides, etc. On the map, every six levels are grouped into one area, and each area is a different open-world environment. The players also have to select a location in an area as their home base to return to at the end of the day. They can also build a shelter to store up supplies, but it can be destroy by enemies and unfavorable weather conditions. Players can change the location of their shelter within the one area or another as they advance into higher levels and unlock more areas.

After completing the main storyline (all 30 levels), the players unlock free play mode and are able to access any part of the map without the restriction from of levels and timeframe.

Characters

“THE SPACELINGS”

The Spacelings are a group of minuscule aliens traveling around space with the help of OOT (Outer Orbit Travels), an outer space traveling agency. They are about the size of an ant and their have no super power just like any human.

There are eight Spacelings that the players can choose from. Each of them has different appearances and traits, which can affect the gameplay. Some characters have higher battling skills and some have higher survival skills.

Environment

PLANE EARTH

There are six areas on the map. Each area is an open-world environment that contains 5 missions (one for each level in the area group). Every environment has a different theme, forest, underground, riverside, garden, etc.

CONCEPT ART